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Project N.O.M.A.D.vsSerendipity

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Project N.O.M.A.D.Serendipity
Score85/10053/100
Rank in category#1 of 42 in Knowledge Management#7 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars41 252229
Stars, last 30 days+2 901+0
Stable releases, 12 months82
Latest releasev1.35.1 · 5 Oct 20262.6.1 · 22 Jul 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Project N.O.M.A.D. scores 85/100 against 53/100 for Serendipity, so it is the safer default.

Project N.O.M.A.D. ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for Serendipity.

Project N.O.M.A.D. is growing faster right now (+2 901 stars in 30 days).

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